Matt Hickman

Matt Hickman

A graduate of the New School’s MFA Creative Writing program, Matt cut his editorial teeth as a contributing writer at CITY magazine. In the years since, he's helped to build content for for eco-living website GreenYour, contributed to the late, great Big Apple arm of Ideal Bite and written for a diverse number of online publications including Nerve.com, The Lazy Environmentalist and Curbed. Also an active copywriter and green living consultant, Matt contributed text to the plus-sized coffee table book, "Vitamin Green" (Phaidon Press). Matt calls Red Hook, Brooklyn, home sweet home.

The Gates Foundation awards teams at 8 different universities $3 million in grants to design innovative commodes for use in developing countries where easy access to clean and safe sanitation is a rarity.

Jackson Land & Cattle Ranch may be the most pricey residential property on the market, but its features — an equestrian center and <i>lots</i> of protected open space — are decidedly more awe-inspiring than gag-inducing.